Furnace Hollow Farm nestles into its cozy spot in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia not far from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, a scientific landmark notable for its Great Big Telescope and the 13,000-square-mile radio quiet zone (no wifi or cellphones!) its operation requires. 

The naturally- and legally-imposed serenity of this landscape has created a haven for artists and thinkers longing for distance from the noise of city living. The Library Annex embraces this natural calm.

When our protagonist, a writer, walks the short path from home to studio, she forgets the hum of the refrigerator, the squabbling of her children, the squeal of her husband's fiddle, and enters a world that is hers.